MEDICAL & MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Medical & Molecular Sciences is committed to providing skilled, critically-thinking practitioners equipped to be future leaders in health sciences. In this pursuit, the Department is committed to active engagement of undergraduate and graduate students in experiential learning, to forming collaborative partnerships with educational, clinical, industry and research experts locally and globally, to discovering innovative breakthroughs in research that contribute to the health and basic sciences body of knowledge, and to functioning as an expert resource regarding all issues related to Medical & Molecular Sciences.

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Medical Laboratory Science

Medical Diagnostics

Medical Diagnostics (Pre-Physicians Assistant Concentration)

Applied Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

4+1 BS/MS programs 

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Medical Sciences PhD 

MS Applied Molecular Biology & Biotechnology 

MS Medical Laboratory Science

MS in Medical Sciences

4+1 BS/MS programs

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Minors:

Forensic Science

Genetic Counseling

Molecular Diagnostics

Certificates:

Molecular Diagnostics

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Med Lab Scientists: Unsung heroes in diagnosing COVID-19: youtube.com/watch?v=4mQkK2Dy2kI

MMS News

Latest News
  • Medical science's master's student Jake Vargas-Peluso wears a lab coat, goggles and gloves as he works with a specimen in a Department of Medical and Molecular Sciences lab.

    From community college to a UD graduate student

    April 17, 2024 | Written by Amy Cherry
    UD's Connected Degree program helps medical sciences master’s student Jake Peluso-Vargas achieve his goals.
  • Introducing Biomechanics to New Generations

    April 16, 2024 | Written by Colin Heffinger
    95 students from Conrad Schools of Science, Padua Academy, and William Penn High School gathered at UD’s Science Technology and Advanced Research Campus to experience a variety of immersive demonstrations in honor of National Biomechanics Day.
  • Recognizing Medical Laboratory Professionals Week

    April 15, 2024 | Written by Amy Cherry
    A profile of Margaret Downing, an Honors student, who majored in medical diagnostics with a pre-physician assistant concentration graduated from UD's College of Health Sciences in 2021, for Medical Laboratory Professionals Week. She's now a physician assistant at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital.

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